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Oct 01, 2025 Welcome to the Team, Paulina and Elena!

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We’re happy to welcome Paulina Novakowska and Elena Mavrona to our lab!
Paulina joins us as a Ph.D. student, working with Mickael on thermopower in graphene nanoribbon quantum dotsElena returns as an Entrepreneur Fellow, leading the start-up company Lepto. We're thrilled to have them both on board!

Sept 15, 2025 Welcome to the Team, Lara, Nora, and Piraven!

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We’re delighted to welcome three new members to our lab!
Lara Linke joins as a master’s student working with Mira on quasi-1D materials. Nora Oelhafen is conducting her bachelor project on thermopower in graphene nanoribbon quantum dots with Mickael. Piraven Manoharan joins as a guest student, focusing on DFT calculations of charge and heat transport through carbon nanotubes, also with Mickael. We’re happy to have them all on board!

Sept 15, 2025 Welcome to the Team

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We’re delighted to welcome Caroline to our lab! Coming from Zurich, she is pursuing her master’s degree in electrical engineering at ETH Zurich. During her semester thesis at Empa, Caroline will work on h-BN encapsulation of graphene nanoribbons for nanoelectronic device applications. We’re happy to have her with us!

Aug 08, 2025 Welcome to the Team

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We are pleased to welcome Guanting to our lab! With a background in physics and expertise in infrared spectroscopy, Guanting joins us from Empa, where his Ph.D. work focused on spectroscopic approaches for early diagnosis and biomarker detection in chronic wounds. We’re excited to have him as part of the team!

Jul 8, 2025 – Congrats Yanis & Silvio!

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Well done to Yanis Strübi and Silvio Müller on completing your Physics Lab Technician apprenticeships and earning the Federal Vocational Baccalaureate! We’re proud of you and wish you all the best for what’s next.

Jun 20, 2025 Congratulations to Erfu!

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Congratulations to Dr. Erfu Wu on successfully defending his PhD thesis on "Arrays of perovskite microphotodetectors for stacked color image sensors"!

Apr 01, 2025 Welcome to Angela!

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We are delighted to welcome Angela Cocca, who is joining us as our new Laboratory Administrative Assistant. Her experience and enthusiasm will be a great asset to our daily work, and we’re excited to have her on board as a member of the team. Welcome, Angela :-)

Mar 01, 2025 Welcome, Michela!

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We are pleased to welcome Michela Weber, an MSc. student from ETH Zurich, who will be joining us from 1. March to 31. August for her master’s project. Michaela will be investigating red blood cells after radioligand therapy using atomic force microscopy, a fascinating and impactful research topic at the intersection of medicine and nanotechnology. We look forward to her contributions!

Mar 01, 2025 Welcome, Benedikt!

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A warm welcome to Benedikt, a BSc. student from ETH Zurich, who will be joining our team until the end of May. He will work on the encapsulation of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) in oxides. We’re excited to have him on board!

Feb 01, 2025 Welcome to Marco!

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Welcome to our new academic guest, Marco Ferroni! He will be conducting research with us alongside his master's studies at ETH. We're delighted to have you here! 😊

 

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